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Racial Discrimination in Malaysia.
I'll be truthful, I am stupid and I am naive. There's no question about it. All my entire life, I've always thought that the government works for the people and not the other way around. Time and time again, I've been proved wrong and that the people government are merely taking care of their 'rice bowl' rather than to fight for equality and what's best for the country and it's people.

I'm upset. I really am. But this is how the story goes and there's no way that I can change it. I can't start a revolution nor demand that the government start taking better care of its people. I am a nobody.

In my honest/ unbias opinion, Malaysia is worst off now than in the 1950's. Perhaps the British should come back and rule us. Since it appears that we are incapable of doing that ourselves. The top people in Malaysia truly cares for nothing except their own "pocket". They becomes ministers for over 20 years and the accounts seems to get fatter and fatter the less they do for us. We have ministers that is over 70 years old and still refuses to step down, does nothing or little to help its own people.

And here I am, hoping and wishing that someone, anyone would finally step up and did what Tunku Abdul Rahman as the Father of Malaysia did. He was truly a man worthy of all my respect! The one man I would truly and sincerely go on my knees and prostrate to. He did what he thought was best for Malaysia and not only that treated everyone, The malays, chinese and indians as EQUALS!!!

And equality is not exactly a word heard here in Malaysia. In fact, I wonder if the current government even know what this "EQUALITY" means. I highly doubt it.

I'll tell you why;
Out of all the 5 major banks in Malaysia, only one bank is own by multi-racial, the rest are controlled by Malays.
99% of Petronas stations owned by Malays
3% of Petronas employees are Chinese.
100% Petronas projects contractors are Malays
95% intake for army, nurses & police are Malays
98% Government servants in Putrajaya are Malays
95% Government contracts are given to Malays
100% Government Vice Chancellors are Malays
100% students sent to Japan and Korea under the 'Look East Policy' are Malays
3 million Indonesian citizen became Malaysian citizen with Bumi status (special privileges such as exemption from tax and so on)
600,000 Chinese and Indians Malaysians with Red IC DENIED citizenship.
0% churches/temples built in housing estates
Up to 12% interest rate paid by Government for ASN/ASB (The unit trust scheme known as Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) is a scheme for mobilising Malay savings for equity investment. ASN is aimed mainly at improving the economic conditions of the Bumiputera, especially the Malays and therefore) - taken from ASN
96.5% Government budget for Malay schools
0% of non-Malay staff are legally required in Malay companies. But there must be 30% Malay staffs in Chinese companies.
80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to Malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is made difficult for Chinese rice millers.
While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, a Malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible.

Anger that most of the taxes paid by the non Malays are used to support the Muslim bumiputras and very little is left behind for others.Unlike in Australia, Canada & New Zealand where taxes are used to provide educational,social and health subsidies for all, irrespective of religion, race or creed.

Guess what, the list doesn't end there. There's more racial discrimination going on.
List of racial discrimination

So where does that leaves us Chinese and Indians?? What will happen to us in the near future. Despite NOT getting special privileges that the Malays get, the Chinese still strives and one of the reasons why Malaysia is still doing well is because of the Chinese and Indians which owns our own businesses and such. But no one is fighting to protect OUR rights and what we want. Our 'so-called' Chinese and Indian representative are mafia heads ( a well know fact) and care nothing but his own pocket. Oppose him and you end up facing the mafia. Seriously, what will happen to us with no one there to help us.

Sink or swim? We're barely hanging on.

I ended up crying while typing, it really upsets me that I'm nothing more than a 2nd class citizen in MY own country. Move out and back to China and I'll still be look down upon since my ancestors ran from the war during the WWII to escape famine and beheading, move west and I'll be nothing more than a c***k!

But then again, I rather be a c***k than to be a 2nd class citizen in my own country especially not after working so hard to help it grow only to be suppressed and unappreciated.

Oh another thing, The ( our ) Truth Revealed, Hang Tuah n da gang r chineseā€¦

READ IT MALAYSIANS, KNOW YOUR HISTORY!
Please do not ask the chinese nor the indian to go back to
their home country!
Cos evidence shows that Malays are NOT Malaysia origin either!

Your ancestor are all imigrant from INDONESIA! Let us unite as
a nation and not divided by races.

Edit: EH! how can this be, someone reading my blog as soon as I posted it up.. o.O
who can it be?






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DreamFusion
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commentCommented on: Sun Feb 24, 2008 @ 08:59am
How do you know someone's reading your blog? that's scary.. ninja

Wow.. didn't know there were actual statistics on the racial/ethnic coverage out there like that. Well I'm sure they were there, but didn't know if it was openly accessible to the public. My Dad use to tell me that one of the reasons we immigrated to Canada was because of all the things you've just stated in this blog. Though I never really understood it as my parents back then held good jobs and were treated relatively fairly, or at least from what I could see.

I've overheard my parents speaking to my relatives back home and how they're not doing as well as they used too either, financially speaking. They used to think my Dad made a bad move by immigrating, but now they're starting to wish they had done the same.

Anyways, like you said, there's a lot of history and change never happens overnight. The best you can do is spread the word and educate others that might never see the statistics or even think about it. Though I can't really experience it I sympathize for you and my family back home. Feel free to come over to Canada anytime.. wink Like I said.. highly multicultural here, but even so, you still see people will tend to stick to their own ethnic groups. Its sociology. People just tend to gravitate to others that understand and have grown up in their own relative cultures.


commentCommented on: Thu Feb 28, 2008 @ 05:48pm
Was monitoring the numbers. MUAHAHAHHA!

Interesting, well, your dad did a smart move, seriously. Glad that he was able to foresee the future and move you guys out. Glad that you now have a brief idea of what you dad was talking about back then.


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there's a lot of history and change never happens overnight

Indeed...

I'm actually hoping and praying to migrate to Canada after hearing what you've said and I've recently talked to a Malaysian Canadian and he was talking to me about Canada and I just fell in LOVE with the whole idea. Canada really sounds like a fantastic place!
The people are polite and all but unfortunately the shops closes at 4PM.



h.e.v.n
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DreamFusion
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commentCommented on: Wed Mar 05, 2008 @ 09:25am
It would be sooo sweet if you migrated here!! Make sure Vancouver, BC is your final destination. xd Bring D with you too. 3nodding I'll be your tour guide.

Shops close at 4:00 pm?? Who told you that? Clubs close at about 3-4am and where I'm at, there's lots of 24 hour restaurants. Regular malls and stores don't close until 6:00 pm at the very least, so don't let someone misinform you like that. xd

I made a big journal entry of Sin City like you "demanded" xd


commentCommented on: Sat Mar 08, 2008 @ 01:11pm
My aunt stays in Vancouver but I was thinking of Toronto too. But was the taxes is higher in Vancouver compared to Toronto?

Lol, the guy was from Toronto and he told me. But he has been staying in Malaysia for close to a decade so he's probably outdated. Muahahha..

6PM? T.T shopping malls should be opened 24/7!!!!!!
I wanna shop shop shop till I drop!

Woot! a new post and I'm off to reeeeeeeadddddddd!!

Dream, I wanna migrate! T.T
wheeeee! Penang was won by the opposition!



h.e.v.n
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DreamFusion
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commentCommented on: Thu Mar 13, 2008 @ 06:43am
I totally forgot your Aunt was here! Vancouver's better than Toronto in my unbiased opinion.. xd I have an uncle in Toronto. The weather's better here, aside from a little rain, and you won't experience -20 degrees winter. Trust me.. that is not fun. Our tax just dropped by a 1% here recently too. We're at 12% and I think Toronto's at 14% or 15%.

Umm.. yea, he is definitely outdated, and even a decade ago, I highly doubt stores closed at 4:00pm. That's just unheard of.. unless he just didn't know the right places to hit. xd

Heh.. what mall is open 24hrs? Even you can't shop for that long.. I think? xd Actually there's another reason for you to come to Vancouver, we're very close to the states. A lot of us make a trip down there for a day of shopping if you ever get tired of the malls here. 3nodding

So migrate already! its time for some close bonding time with your Aunt! and um.. congrats to Penang! xd sorry, my political knowledge of Malaysia is quite limited.. sweatdrop


commentCommented on: Fri Mar 21, 2008 @ 10:59pm
Aw, that's terrible. Luckily for me, I don't have any of those problems. Anyway, your government really sounds corrupt. (No offense, but just from reading your posts thats what it sounds like.) I'm glad I didn't grow up there.

You should come to the US!! heart To the Washington DC/North Virginia/Maryland area. *coughicelivestherecough* Oh, and bring Devi with you.
If my house was cleaner you could stay with me. Unfortunately... xDD <33

Anyways, most things are open until at least 9pm here. The mall near me is open 'till 10pm. wink

Anyways, you should get on more often! heart
I miss you a lot, lovie. <333
*Hugs and kisses* whee wink



Ice_Moon
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